Is a golden cocker spaniel rare?

Answer 1

American Cocker Spaniels are 17th in popularity with the AKC. They come in 3 varieties Parti, Black and ASCOB. ASCOB stands for Any Solid Color Other than Black, which is where you will find them from a light pale blond (which is called silver when it has darker skin tone) to a dark red. Although silver and red are literal colors on the AKC registration form, golden is not, so it might be called buff unless the breeder was seeing more red tones. However it does not matter as many Champions in ASCOB were named with the word gold. Such as Ch. Hu-Mar's Go For the Gold or his father Ch Palm Hill's- Caro-Bu's Solid Gold. Both those dogs go back to a dog named Cottonwood Congress Man and his father Forjays Winterwood. (Both are of course, big name champions, and had excellent temperments and of course were gorgeous.) In my opinion they are pretty much the best lines in solid buff cockers. Although you will not see those prefixes on the names of sires and dams today. However if you look back between 5-8 generations on a good buff's pedigree, one that will have a great temperament, and look like it is supposed to you probably will see those names or very similar names from the same lines. As far as them being rare, well cockers are no longer as popular as they once were, and people have been breeding solids with parti lines a lot in recent years, so I would say that solid ASCOBS from good lines are getting quite rare.

Answer 2

The correct term for this color is buff or cream and they are definitely not rare. There are very few kennel clubs that actually use the term cream which is just very pale, washed-out buff. Genetically, it is a buff no matter how rich the color is. If you are looking to buy a pup from someone advertising golden cocker spaniels, I would recommend finding a different breeder. I would steer clear of anyone who does not even know the correct term for the color of their dogs. You have to wonder what else they don't know like the breed standard, common health problems, or what health tests should be done before breeding, etc...

Answer 3

No, they are not rare, yet. Breeders have stopped breeding the Golden Cocker Spaniels because of too much interbreeding in the past. They have started to develop genetic faults and breeders are hoping to stop this. Incidentally Golden Cockers are not really Gold colored, they are more of a Ginger.

Answer 4

there are various variations between the american and English Cocker Spaniel. The English Cocker Spaniel is somewhat greater than the american Cocker. the main obvious distinction may be seen interior the pinnacle shapes. you ever see a canines that sounds like a brilliant Cocker with a goofy long nostril, you're probable staring at an English Cocker.. while in comparison with the English Cocker, the american Cocker's cranium has a reasonably domed cranium, as properly as a deep pronounced provide up and extra needless to say defined eyebrows. additionally the american's lips tend to cling down farther and extra loosely, and its eyes are somewhat greater and set extra to look immediately forward than of the English Cocker Spaniel. finally the american Cocker has a extra profuse coat than the English Cocker.

Answer 5

That's the most usual color for a cocker spaniel.

Answer 6

It's a "Buff" color Cocker and they are not rare.

Answer 7

it`s not rare but not as common as the Black, black/White, Brown or Brown/ White more often kept as a pet then a working dog

Answer 8

You don't see them as much as the buff & black but they're not rare,

Answer 9

no my grandparents have 3 of them and my parent have 2 and we live in kansas so i would say not

Answer 10

Do you mean buff? No they are actually quite common.